Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
In an outcome that rivaled 1948 for shock value, Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016, due in part to late-campaign preference shifts that polls mostly failed to detect in such key states as ...
"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an erroneous banner headline on the front page of the early editions of the Chicago Daily Tribune (later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election.
Stevenson lost the 1952 presidential election to the Republican nominee – Dwight D. Eisenhower – in a landslide. [193] Truman's 1948 campaign and the election are most remembered for the failure of polls, which predicted an easy win for Governor Dewey. [194]
The comparisons are undeniable and offer lessons for both President Joe Biden and his apparent Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump. 1948 versus 2024: Insights from Truman beats Dewey ...
Donald Trump 2016 campaign kickoff speech; 2018 State of the Union Address; 2019 Oval Office address; 2019 State of the Union Address; 2020 Oval Office address; 2020 State of the Union Address; 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference
President Trump promised an inaugural address focused on “unity,” but what he delivered was more a campaign speech in a formal suit — long on promises and anger toward opponents, short on ...
Map of Truman's 1948 whistle-stop tour from 6 September to 5 November 1948. In the 19th century, when travel by railroad was the most common means of transport, politicians would charter tour trains which would travel from town to town. At each stop, the candidate would make a speech from the train, but might rarely set foot on the ground.